Constance Hamilton

Constance Eaton Hamilton (1862–1945) was the first female member of Toronto City Council and the first woman in Ontario to hold elected office at either the federal, provincial, or municipal level (one year before Agnes Macphail). The elective office of public school trustee was open to Ontario widows and unmarried women who owned property from about 1884, although the first female trustees to be elected in Toronto were in 1892.

Born in Yorkshire, England in 1862 to Dr George Fowler Bodington (1829-1902) and Caroline Mary Eaton (1825-1873). She attended Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany and became a pianist. Hamilton immigrated to Canada with her family in 1887 and settled in Vancouver.

Hamilton married Canadian Pacific Railway land commissioner and civil engineer Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton (1852-1941), who was also Vancouver City Alderman and designed the Coat of arms of Vancouver. In 1888 the Hamiltons' moved to Winnipeg (her husband was transferred there as senior CPR land commissioner) and then to Toronto in 1899. During her time in Winnipeg, she was one of the six women who founded the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg, and served as the first President when it was formally organized in 1899. A supporter of women's suffrage, she became president of the Equal Franchise League of Toronto. In 1919, women obtained the right to run for elected office in Ontario. Previously married women had been barred, by law, from doing so. Hamilton ran for Toronto city council and was elected for a one-year term in 1920. She was re-elected for another one-year term in 1921.

Constance Hamilton

Constance Eaton Hamilton (1862–1945) was the first female member of Toronto City Council and the first woman in Ontario to hold elected office at either the federal, provincial, or municipal level (one year before Agnes Macphail). The elective office of public school trustee was open to Ontario widows and unmarried women who owned property from about 1884, although the first female trustees to be elected in Toronto were in 1892.

Born in Yorkshire, England in 1862 to Dr George Fowler Bodington (1829-1902) and Caroline Mary Eaton (1825-1873). She attended Conservatory of Music in Leipzig, Germany and became a pianist. Hamilton immigrated to Canada with her family in 1887 and settled in Vancouver.

Hamilton married Canadian Pacific Railway land commissioner and civil engineer Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton (1852-1941), who was also Vancouver City Alderman and designed the Coat of arms of Vancouver. In 1888 the Hamiltons' moved to Winnipeg (her husband was transferred there as senior CPR land commissioner) and then to Toronto in 1899. During her time in Winnipeg, she was one of the six women who founded the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg, and served as the first President when it was formally organized in 1899. A supporter of women's suffrage, she became president of the Equal Franchise League of Toronto. In 1919, women obtained the right to run for elected office in Ontario. Previously married women had been barred, by law, from doing so. Hamilton ran for Toronto city council and was elected for a one-year term in 1920. She was re-elected for another one-year term in 1921.

... other odds and ends lined RidgeScenicHighway on Saturday, attracting hundreds of shoppers in search of hidden treasures.“We come every year,” said Constance Flynt of Lake Alfred as she perused roadside tables in LakeHamilton with her mother and 2-year-old son....

Although fully recovered and back to doing what he does best on the pitch, he says the experience has left him fearful that he could be at risk of another stroke ...Chris says ... Chris got married to his long-term girlfriend JadeHamilton (25) last July in Buncrana, with the couple honeymooning at the five-star ConstanceMoofushi resort in the Maldives ... ....

"The AGOA criteria is very clear about not putting in place bans or restrictions on US products," said ConstanceHamilton, acting US trade representative to Africa, ahead of the Lome meeting ...Hamilton's recent warning to east African nations not to impede exports of used US ......

But no moves toward an early renewal or extension of AGOA are expected, said ConstanceHamilton, deputy assistant U.S ... exports and abide by the eligibility criteria of the AGOA program," said Hamilton... said Hamilton, who emphasized that the issue was still under review by USTR....